U2360° TOURLeg 3: 2011

Big in Belgium

The stage for the upcoming tour is leaving the drawing board and taking shape. We sneaked in to the build to grab a couple of shots.

Who else to get the latest word from but Show Designer Willie Williams. 'After two and a half years of planning, this thing is almost built.' he tells us. ' Pictured is an inverted section of the 'shoulder' of the main structure, being fabricated in Belgium.
' I thought I was getting used to the scale of the operation, but it's pretty staggering to look at this and imagine we're taking it on tour, with several dozen other pieces like it"

As a former employee of TOMCAT, a ginat in the entertainment industry, we built truss like this for U2 in the past through Brilliant Stages.
I can honestly say i have never seen this big for a production the biggest was metallica and it is dwarfed by this super structure

conjasnat

30 April, 2009

PLAY FOR ME

Cant wait to see this, just a quick heads up, if you require to test it out band and all, the wife says you can play in my back garden, not a problem, remember Edinburgh 84, during gloria bono say " let me introduce you to a party of one" well i was there that night and i want a party all to myself. looks great by the way.

kerkhofs

30 April, 2009

Belgium!

Good Belgium creativity, good work, great people!!

petikosa

29 April, 2009

Nice

but I fear it will fall on the band :)

scrumpy

29 April, 2009

UNBLOODY BELIEVABLE

I cant wait to be under that marvelous piece of art. It's already getting my adrenaline flowing, I can't imagine what the finished product is going to do to my heart. Good on yah King Willie......

Jannemanu2

29 April, 2009

Belgium finest

What a great teaser....a part of Belgium is touring with U2 around the world! Awesome! Another 2 months and it is U2-time!!!! Hell yeah! :D

scbates66

29 April, 2009

I Will Follow

Spinal Tap Would be proud :)

bmoney

28 April, 2009

It Could Eat Zoo TV

A scientist's head, impassioned heart, its being born, this work of art.

pollodaniel

28 April, 2009

Getting Better

Zoo TV was great, Pop Mart was big, Elevation & Vertigo Tour just went bank to the basic, now 360° Tour seems to be bigger than anything else. U2 is the band of bands, well done guys!

Chef Rick

28 April, 2009

Brilliant!

Once again, U2 and WW step it up! Cannot wait to see the show, and bring with me my 2 friends who have never seen U2....they will be in awe! Chicago or bust!

Luvin_U2

27 April, 2009

Luvin U2

It is not going to make any difference to me what the stage looks like...the concert is going to be AWSOME, regardless!!! Can't wait to see them in Norman, Oklahoma!!!!!!!!

yardie

27 April, 2009

Are you ready? (for Willie)

It seems this time that the album release and tour are falling very quickly on top of each other even though the interim period has been quieter than normal from a fan perspective.
I hope all the nuts n bolts are in the right place!!

kevfly82

27 April, 2009

More pics please!

Exciting stuff- keep the pics coming as the tour nears!

mhairib

27 April, 2009

cool

man this looks cool cant wait to c it in glasgow

daddysgirl

27 April, 2009

WOW

I thought it's BIG in JAPAN (Alphaville) hahhaha....WOW is all I have to say to this stage...Can't wait to see it SPIN!

onlyU2

27 April, 2009

Wouw!

it's enormous!!!

TONKA71

27 April, 2009

WOW

Now that's what i call an expensive production! I can only imagine the rest!

gloria002

27 April, 2009

proud

on days like these I'm proud to be Belgian. I see Hedwig, founder of Stageco. They've come a long way from the early Rock Torhout/Werchter days. That's 30+ years of very hard work. Congrats!
I look forward to seeing this piece of work :)

dianep

27 April, 2009

Big in Belgium

Meccano never sounded this good! Thanks a lot for keeping us up to date again, Willie. Can't wait to see the finished article. The excitement mounts...